Civil War Era Fashion Plate - January 1865 Peterson's Magazine

Civil War Era Fashion Plate - January 1865 Peterson's Magazine

Fashions for January

Fig 1 - Ball Dress of White Silk, trimmed with bands of crimson velvet, over which falls a broad flounce of white lace. The body is made to correspond with the skirt. Head-dress of crimson velvet.

Fig 2- Ball Dress of Lemon-Colored Satin. The skirt is trimmed with a flounce of white lace and ruchings of satin. The body is finished to correspond. Head-dress of small ostrich plumes.